(19)
(11) EP 1 732 031 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.02.2012 Bulletin 2012/06

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.12.2006 Bulletin 2006/50

(21) Application number: 06115022.3

(22) Date of filing: 06.06.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06K 15/02(2006.01)
H04N 1/40(2006.01)
 G06T 11/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(30) Priority: 07.06.2005 JP 2005167349

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo 146-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • KUMADA, Shuichi
    Tokyo Tokyo 146-8501 (JP)
  • CHIBA, Kazumi
    Tokyo Tokyo 146-8501 (JP)

(74) Representative: TBK 
Bavariaring 4-6
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Image processing apparatus and image processing method


(57) A rendering of objects described by description language into bitmap data is performed. As color space compression, the bitmap data in which the rendering has been performed is compressed in a color reproduction range.







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